Islam
As-Salamu alaykum, peace be upon you, is the Muslim greeting. If the other side inclines to peace, incline to it too.
Qur'an 8:61; 59:23 (As-Salam)
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Peace
Peace
Peace is a greeting, a prayer and a duty. Many faiths share a word for it: salaam, shalom, shanti.
activity
Learn the word for peace in five languages and teach it to a friend.
talk
Is there a quarrel in your family or community you could help to heal?
teachings
Christianity
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
Matthew 5:9
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Judaism
Seek peace and pursue it. Shalom is among the names of God.
Psalm 34:14
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Hinduism
Prayers close with Om shanti shanti shanti: peace in body, mind and world.
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28 (peace invocation)
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Buddhism
Hatred never ends through hatred; only through non-hatred does it end.
Dhammapada 5
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Sikhism
Bhai Kanhaiya served water to wounded soldiers of both sides, and Guru Gobind Singh blessed him for it.
Sikh history
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sermons
Sikhism · en
Peace
Bhai Kanhaiya: water for all
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Life of Guru Gobind Singh
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- Serving water to wounded on both sides
- Seeing the one light in everyone
- Compassion in conflict
Judaism · en
Peace
Seek peace and pursue it
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Psalm 34:14; Pirkei Avot 1:12
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- Be like the disciples of Aaron, loving and pursuing peace
- Shalom bayit: peace in the home
- Repairing relationships before Yom Kippur
Christianity · en
Peace
Blessed are the peacemakers
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Matthew 5:3–12
outline
- The Beatitudes turn values upside down
- Making peace, not only keeping it
- Peace at home, at work and online
Buddhism · en
Peace
Hatred is never ended by hatred
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Dhammapada, verse 5
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- Only non-hatred ends hatred: an eternal law
- Breaking cycles of revenge
- Practising patience